After Alioth went over their current situation again, Kongou, the leader of the multicolor platoons, responded with a smile that was filled with pride. The raids on Chira Clauzen bases were mostly carried out by his platoons, so there was an influx of new transfers to his troops. Since now they were actually attacking Chira Clauzen instead of simply investigating them, slowly they shaved off Chira’s fighting strength. So even the complaints he ntioned were mostly ant jokingly and his smile beca broader.
「Anyway, going to the main point. We’ve been enjoying a really good increase of montum as of now, and that’s directly hitting them. But I wouldn’t trust that they’ll let this happen so simply. From what we heard, the movents of those adventurers sympathizing with Chira only began to stand out recently, and it was also only recently that we began attacking their bases. But if they were to gain the Spirit King’s power now, the tides would be completely overturned. I’m sure they have a plan to counterattack if their new power were to surpass ours, and maybe that plan is already in motion. Or at least that’s what I think.」
When Alioth finished his speech, Uzu nodded and spoke while looking straight ahead.
「Yes, we’re currently further ahead than we’ve ever been. But we can’t ignore the fact that they’ll put up a fight eventually.」
As far as pure man-power went, Chira was at a disadvantage, which they recognized and thus only ran away. But at this rate their hands and feet would be tied, so they must have been thinking of a way to overturn the situation in one fell swoop.
「While there’s a possibility we could succeed, it would still involve a considerable risk.」
Mizar spoke with a stiff expression.
He was talking about the dungeons ntioned in the letter Mira delivered. Those places were too dangerous even for the current top adventurers, which ant that the Chira Clauzen mbers sent there would need to have quite a considerable amount of skill and power. And considering how important this was for Chira Clauzen’s very existence, there had to be mbers with ties to the higher managent amongst them. So now Uzu’s target would be those mbers. If done well, it could lead to the discovery of Chira Clauzen’s headquarters which had eluded them so much. As Mizar had said, it was a risky but aningful plan.
Alioth was unable to completely rule out the chance of everything being a trap, but he believed that it was worth following through no matter the dangers. Everyone was also of the sa mind, so the conversation shifted to who would be suitable to carry out a mission with so many variables.
「If the people we send aren’t strong enough, things could go badly. We don’t even know their numbers, and we’ll be investigating multiple places at the sa ti. I would go myself, but I can’t leave here. Either way we should send the best we have, so who will it be?」
Cophin looked around before his eyes fixated on Uzu. If they really wanted to capture the Spirit King, the Fifty Bells would need to send people twice as powerful as Chira. This was potentially the most important mission for the Fifty Bells Union as well, so they really had to choose selected mbers out of their elite forces.
The other mbers followed suit and all looked at Uzu, who lightly licked her lips and took a deep breath before talking.
「I’m thinking of grouping all Hidden mbers and sending them to the dungeons.」
When they heard that, their tense faces relaxed.
「That sounds fitting.」
「True, they’re more than capable enough.」
Alioth and Mizar voiced their support for Uzu’s decision, and the four remaining mbers also were in accord.
「Of course they are!」 Uzu’s face lit up like a child that was awarded full points after a test.
The attendees’ hearts were racing, worried she would say she wanted to go herself. Uzu had a tendency of wanting to go out every ti sothing happened, and getting her to think sanely was part of the other mbers’ duties. They thought the sa would happen this ti, but sohow it seed she was able to appoint suitable people.
「Where are all the Hidden currently?」
As soon as Uzu asked, Alioth placed so marks on the map. Apparently he was also inford of their movents.
「According to the report I received yesterday, currently they should be around these areas.」
There were a total of ten marks. Adding to that the two Hidden mbers present in the eting, it made a total of twelve. Uzu stared at the map for a mont before adding three marks of her own.
「The Libra Fortress, Sheltered Library, and Mirage Maze are in these locations. I think there will be no problems with the Library and the Maze, if everyone goes to the closest dungeon they should arrive there in a day or two. All we’ll have left is getting permission to enter the dungeons…and a way to deal with the Fortress.」
Looking at the map, she was correct. All the Hidden markers weren’t too far away from the three new markers. The only problem was that on top of being dungeons, permission from the Union was also required to enter them. Alioth looked over the map while trying to think of sothing, nodding to himself countless tis before he spoke.
「These mbers should be more than qualified to pass as rank A. If they get that verified, entering the Library and Maze will be easy enough. On the other hand, no matter how I look at it, it would be way faster to send people to the Fortress from here.」
「That’s true, but Hebi and Sasori…I don’t feel confident sending only them.」
There would be groups of five going to the other two locations, while only two would be in charge of the Libra Fortress. They were certainly strong, but since the enemy was shrouded in mysteries, it was hard to tell if only two would be enough.
Sasori and Hebi were present, and were proud of their skills, but due to the importance of the mission they recognized the danger and how unsafe it would be, so they said nothing in return.
「If I rember correctly you’re staying at a C rank. So soone with an A rank should accompany you to enter.」
When Alioth added that, Hebi and Sasori silently nodded.
Heinrich, who Mira t on her way to the Abandoned City in the Sky, was also a rank A adventurer. It was hard to imagine he would want to help out so suddenly, but the Fifty Bells Union’s headquarters were visited by many adventurers who sympathized with them, so choosing a suitable one from them should be enough. For the last matter Uzu turned to look at Mira again.
「By the way… Mira. I heard you ca to the Forest of the Four Seasons from the sky, but how exactly did you get there?」
In response, Mira looked up from the map while repeating the question in her head before replying while striking a pose.
「I rode in a wagon, carried by Garuda whomst I summoned.」
「Just as I imagined! If you have a summon that can fly and is large enough I guess sothing like that is possible. I’m sowhat jealous.」
Uzu imagined a carriage pumpkin carriage straight out of fairy tales and pictured herself flying while riding it. Onmyoji masters did have similar enough shikigamis, but none was as big as Garuda, so either riding on or clinging to them was all they could do. So Uzu was truly jealous of Mira who could ride comfortably and even like so sort of princess.
「By the way, how many people can ride on your wagon?」
「Hmm, let think… around three I guess.」
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